The Emerge Fellowship application portal for our Summer 2024 workshop is now open – do you know someone who should apply? The Emerge initiative awards a cohort of 10 selected emerging Disability Studies scholar-activists with $10,000 stipends and offers a five-week, hybrid participation summer workshop focused on building connections, promoting innovative work in the field, and cultivating the next generation of leaders. We are seeking people who have the passion and ideas to grow into the next generation of culturemakers and, due to access hurdles around connecting to community and/or mentorship, would benefit from this opportunity to help move in that direction. We want to ensure that prospective Fellows benefit from the structure and design of the program and that the professional experience and desired career growth are a match for what the Fellowship has to offer. Broadly we are defining “early career, emerging leaders” as people who have engaged in 2-4 years** of work within disability studies and who are ready to elevate their work/practice to a new level. We believe strong applicants for this Fellowship have enough experience necessary to develop a project, write a budget, think about resources, and see it through. If you or someone you know may be interested in submitting an application for the 2024 cohort, we’re excited to dive into another year of the program! This is a project led by the Paul Longmore Institute on Disability at San Francisco State University made possible by the Mellon Foundation.